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a comparative analysis of the bandit groups that characterized the last phase (1958-65) of the civil commotion known as the Violence in Columbia, a virtual civil war that began in 1946

Table of Contents

• Foreword by Eric J. Hobsbawm
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Bandits and Society
• 2. La Violencia: Context for Political Banditry in Colombia
• 3. Regional and Sociopolitical Diversity of Banditry 1: Transitions
• 4. Regional and Sociopolitical Diversity of Banditry 2: Extremes
• 5. The National Dimension: Political Debates
• 6. The Fall of the Bandolero Empire
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
• References
• Index

About the Author

Gonzalo Sánchez, recipient of the LASA/OXFAM Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship Award for 2000, is Professor of History and Political Science at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Donny Meertens is a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, currently on leave from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she is Professor of Gender and Development Studies. Alan Hynds is a professional translator in Mérida, Yucatán.

Reviews

" ... makes a substantial contribution to the history of a specific period of contemporary Colombian history. But it has a broader significance for modern Colombian history, and for the comparative history of the state, violence, peasantries, and women in Latin America, which should assure it the wide readership it deserves."--Journal of Latin American Studies, August 2002